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| 2009 North Carolina Outdoor Classroom Symposium |
Friday, Oct 23, 2009
The NC Outdoor Classroom Symposium will focus on techniques for creating, maintaining and using outdoor classrooms and strategies for integrating outdoor learning into the curriculum.
INFORMATION ON REGISTRATION WILL BE COMING SOON!
The symposium is sponsored by the N.C. Botanical Garden, the Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program, the Environmental Education Fund and the N.C. Office of Environmental Education.
The symposium will be held on a Friday, October 23 at the Botanical Garden in Chapel Hill. Pre-symposium workshops on Thursday will be optional for participants. Friday night there will be an evening reception and guest speaker. Mobile workshops will be offered on Saturday to give participants the opportunity to visit school and community gardens. This will be a great opportunity for classroom teachers, teacher assistants, school administrators, parent volunteers, and non-formal educators from across the state.
The objectives of the symposium are to:
• Help teachers and administrators create and maintain outdoor learning areas and link outdoor learning to the curriculum
• Increase awareness and understanding of the important academic and health benefits of outdoor teaching
• Demonstrate a variety of hands-on outdoor activities that can be integrated into the curriculum
• Connect participants to new resources and give participants the confidence to take their students outdoors
• Provide educational and networking opportunities and encourage collaboration between teachers, administrators, parents, scout leaders, community volunteers and nonformal educators in the development of outdoor classrooms
Sessions will be appropriate for educators who already have an outdoor classroom and for those who are just beginning to develop their schoolyard areas for outdoor environmental learning. Non-formal educators and teachers who are already using outdoor classrooms will be invited to submit session proposals for the symposium.
Program providers and outdoor classroom experts and other organizations will be able to apply to exhibit at the symposium.
Teachers can earn CEU credits and participants can earn credit towards their N.C. Environmental Education Certification.
Event Link:
http://www.eenorthcarolina.org/outdoor_classrooms_home.htm
Location:
North Carolina Botanical Garden
CB# 3375 Totten Center
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
Directions:
Located at the intersection of 15-501 and Old Mason Farm Road. From I-40: Exit 273 from the west, 273B from east. Turn right on Hwy. 54W, go 2.4 miles; left at traffic light to Finley Golf Course Road; go .6 miles, turn right on Old Mason Farm Road; go .7 miles to parking lot. From 15-501 look for large road signs, North Carolina Botanical Garden indicating turn onto Old Mason Farm Road.
Presented by:
Office of Environmental Education
512 North Salisbury Street
Archdale Building - 8th Floor
Raleigh, NC 27604
Phone:
(Event Phone)
(919) 733-0711
(Event Phone)
(919) 733-1616
(fax)
 
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